German engineering firm Voith has commissioned PM 53 paper machine at Holmen Paper's mill in Braviken, Sweden. The PM 53 is capable of producing a variety of paper grades ranging from newsprint to sophisticated SC papers, including the ...
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During the Tang Dynasty (618 – 690 and 705 – 907 AD), the city of Chang'an (now present day Xi'an) had the largest population of any urban center, a bastion of cosmopolitan life. Emperor Gaozong relocated the imperial court to ...
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The Wilkins Group is investing over $3m into a brand new state of the art factory on the island of Sri Lanka. The Wilkins Group bought the land overseas back in 2013, and work began on the two-acre site at the back end of last year, with ...
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It’s a long way from New York’s Madison Avenue advertising agencies to Gaborone, but for Botswana a lot is riding on the success of the ad campaign De Beers will launch in the coming weeks. Like oil-exporting countries now ...
Foot Locker Inc. reported net income for the company's second quarter ended August 1, 2015 was $119 million, or 84 cents per share, compared with net income of $92 million, or 63 cents per share, last year, a 33 percent increase on a ...
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Boxes and Packaging, a part of the Logson Group, is opening a new facility at Thorne Park, Doncaster, England, a few months after a similar move in Swindon. The leased 52,160ft2 unit is part of the 150,000ft2 industrial and warehouse area ...
Tags: packaging, packaging material, packaging carriage, box
Australia has dropped another place in world competitiveness rankings, falling further in economic performance and government efficiency rankings, raising concerns about our competitiveness as a smart economy. In releasing the Australian ...
A manufacturing-related reorganization is hoped to boost efficiency for the orthopedic and surgical device firm. Surgical instrument and orthopedic implant maker Symmetry Medical (Warsaw, IN) has announced plans to boost its manufacturing ...
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REI reported record annual revenues of $2.2 billion, a 9.9 percent increase from 2013, and said it would double its investment in non-profits and new projects to create access to inspirational outdoor places to nearly $8 million. The ...
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Citi Trends, a value-priced retailer of urban fashion apparel, shoes, accessories and home décor, has recently announced leadership changes in the company. According to a company statement, Ed Anderson is retiring as CEO, ...
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Foot Locker, Inc. reported fourth-quarter earnings rose 18.0 percent to $146 million, or $1.01 a share, easily eclipsing Wall Street's target. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to $1 per share, beating Wall Street's consensus ...
On back of improved comparable store sales, US based retailer and NYSE listed, Kohl’s Corporation posted better than expected results in the fourth fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2015. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, driven ...
Acording to a recent survey by the Federation of Korean Industries, 17 out of 29 major business groups in Korea picked restructuring as the center of their business strategy for this year. In contrast, only eight and two chose R&D ...
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Polycrystalline silicon solar cell maker Tainergy Tech will expand its total annual production capacity from 700MWp currently to 1GWp in 2015, according to the company. Tainergy Tech has annual production capacity of 5MWp for solar cells ...
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Canadian Methanol producer, Methanex said its adjusted net income climbed 21.21 per cent from a year ago quarter for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2014. Methanex posted adjusted net income of $80 million or $0.85 per share on a ...